(01-07-2019 11:08 AM)Shox Wrote:  I would be okay with this as well. All it does is allow Independents to schedule big games in week 0, leave an open daTe at the end of the season to schedule a team who lost a game due to weather, or lastly schedule a fellow Independent during championship weekend. Notre Dame vs BYU would be a fun game. The obvious fear is that Notre Dame will basterdize this and try to schedule 8 home games to maximize profits. It might make sense to limit home games to 7 to keep them reigned in.

This would allow them 7 home games, 5 away, and the neutral site Shamrock Series.

I’m not sure what they would do during championship week, maybe play the Shamrock Series. I could see a series with BYU or NMSU in the new Vegas stadium. Maybe UMass in Gillette or Fenway (it would be pretty cold). Liberty in DC. I don’t really see Army playing ND right before Navy, but who knows. With Army the neutral site options are endless.

In my opinion, a school should be allowed to be independent, it runs deep into the history of the sport. People who demand teams play in conferences seem anal-retentive and like things in little boxes.

I made this point a while ago that FCS games shouldn’t count whatsoever and they should be scheduled week 0 or 1.